Tag: Venus

[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens was first to go, followed quickly by last year’s Australian Open runner-up, Venus Williams. CoCo Vandeweghe went out next as things really started to go crazy for the U.S. women, who eventually lost nine out of 10 first-round matches on a bleak opening day of

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (AP) — Venus Williams returns to the year-end WTA Finals for the first time since 2009 and will face Karolina Pliskova on Sunday. The top eight players in the world will play in the round-robin event, which also features No. 1 Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Ostapenko and Caroline

[ad_1] WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Records from Venus Williams’ cellphone will be turned over to attorneys representing the family of a 78-year-old Florida man who died after a June car crash with the tennis star. The Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday that an agreement for the records was reached prior to a court hearing

[ad_1] MASON, Ohio (AP) — Injuries and upsets are wrecking the men’s side of the Western & Southern Open. On Tuesday, Milos Raonic became the seventh player ranked in the men’s top 10 to withdraw from the tournament, right before fellow seeded players David Goffin, Tomas Berdych and Jack Sock were knocked out in first-round

[ad_1] As tennis turns to Wimbledon, there’s been a bit of a throwback feel to this Grand Slam season so far. At the year’s first major tournament, the Australian Open in January, Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the men’s title, and Serena Williams defeated her sister, Venus, for the women’s title. Matchups from a

[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — Venus Williams’ publicist says the five-time Wimbledon champion will play at the Grand Slam tournament after a police report emerged in Florida saying the tennis star caused a car crash that led to the death of a passenger in another vehicle. Stephanie Jones confirmed in an email to The Associated Press

[ad_1] The star tennis player earned her degree in business administration last month (Image: venuswilliams.com) Venus Williams is now a degree-carrying and award-winning athlete. The star tennis player received her bachelor of science in business administration from Indiana University on Aug 14, according to a statement released by Indiana University East. [Related: 4 Incredible Stats